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DDI 3.0 Workshop - IASSIST 2008

Presentation (PPT)

The PDFs below illustrate how the DDI3 code is expanded throughout the life cycle of the project.

The links below demonstrate how the XML displays over the life cycle of the project.

The following files demonstrate how Dublin Core elements and ICPSR's study description fields map to DDI2 and DDI3 elements.

Dublin Core to DDI2 and DDI3 (PDF)
ICPSR Study Description to DDI2 and DDI3 (PDF)

This workshop also makes use of the following exercise:

Exercise - IASSIST 2008 (DOC)

You can also use the form below to dynamically render DDI3 XML from ICPSR's existing DDI2 metadata records. You must use the full five-digit study number.

We also have an internally developed tool that that provides a user-friendly interface for creating DDI 3.0 markup.

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